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  • OM In Sumerian Prayer 2600 BC Predates Veda

    OM, the Sacred Mantra of Hinduism is powerful and is capable of altering Genes, and when chanted properly and thrown in a Tonoscope shows the Image of Sri Yantra, ย a special Geometric Pattern used by Hindus in worship

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    OM Mantra..

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    Please read my articles on these.

    OM contains three letters/sounds,

    A,

    U, and

    M.

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    Sumerian Cuneiform

    Image Credit.www.ancient explorers.com

    While A raises from the mouth,U from the throat, M raises from the stomach, the only three places from where the sounds can originate.

    OM is used as a prefix of All Mantras.

    It brings in Prosperity and helps concentrate the Mind and is used as a tool in Yoga.

    Earliest reference to OM is found in the Rig Veda.

    Now Rig Veda is dated around 1900 BC, though I am o the opinion that it should be around 5000 BC at the latest.

    Lest the Heading of the Post may mislead, I am furnishing a comment and my reply.

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    Ramanan Sir The Sumerian prayer predates Vedas is not correct. Because Vedas are the oldest knowledge in the world. Sumerians were an Indian Colony in the Middle East. They were from Sumeru region of the Himalayas. the prayer period of 2600 b.c. is much after Mahabharat War which shattered Worldwide Common Vedic Empire Of India. So how anything can predate Vedas? Please give your comments Regards Shrirang Sudrik

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      Dear Shrirang, What I meant to convey was that the Sumerian Prayerโ€™s reference to OM pushes the Date of the Vedas from 1900 BC by at least by 1000 Years, the Sumerian Prayer being dated at 2600BC. The article is meant to convey only this point.The postโ€™s heading can be interpreted as you have observed,
      As to Sumeria being part of the Sanatana Dharma, I have written quite a few article.I should improve.Why no calls for quite some time?Regds

    (Date of Rig Veda has always been controversial as it is the oldest surviving literary work. Generally it is put at 1900 BC. Let us see how it came to that date and how experts differ on that date.)- Controversies in History

    Max Muller
    Max Muller assigned the period 1500 BCE to 500 BCE for Rigveda Samhita. One of the reasons given is that beginnings of human kind cannot be earlier to 4000 B.C.E. Muller took particular care to ensure that the hypothetical Aryan invasion took place after the Biblical flood and he arbitrarily assigned a date of 1200 B.C to the Rig Veda, which is considered as the oldest among the four Vedas. Since the evidence was flimsy, he recanted his earlier assignment near the end of his life.

    But the Religious practices of the Sumerians ย refer to OM.

    I have written on the early connections between the Sumerians and The Tamils of India and the probability of the ancestors of Sumerians and MU people being Tamils.

    And Lord Rama , His Brother Bharata and King Dasaratha feature in Sumerian Kingslist!

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    โ€œThose who recite the sound Om, (activates deathless Light in the body) and becomes radiant (amar su-ti-a)โ€

    ~ Temple Hymn 31 (Source)

     

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    The mantra Om or โ€œAUMโ€ is typically associated with the Hindu tradition and is considered the primordial sound, one of the most ancient and sacred mantras. (You can read more about its sacred meaninghere.)

    With this in mind, we were surprised and excited to come across a possible reference to this mantra in a Sumerian text from c. 2300 BCE โ€“ potentially over a thousand years older than the earliest references to it in Vedic literature. If true, the implications of this discovery are enormous.

    Dr.ย K. Loganathan, a researcher in SumeroTamil studies believes that there is a strong link between the ancient Tamil language and ancient Sumerian and that Sumerian is, in fact, Archaic Tamil. Based on this hypothesis, he has developed a method for translating Sumerian tablets by matching a phonological reading of the cuneiform script with the ancient Tamil language, which he believes leads to a more accurate translation than the currently used widespread approach.

    For example, Dr. Loganathan cites the following line from Temple Hymn 31 with the conventionally-accepted translation:

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    [umbin]-se-ba amar su-ti-a ( Who snatches the calf with (his) [cla]ws )

    However, by matching these words with ancient Tamil, a very different (and intriguing) meaning emerges:

    Ta. Ombi-in isaiba amar sootiya ( Who recites this mantra sound Om (Ombi-in-isai), lights up (sutiya) deathlessness (amar) )ย 

    Or :

    Those who recite the sound Om, (activates deathless Light in the body) and becomes radiant (amar su-ti-a)

    Dr Loganathan also indicates additional lines that refer to people specifically uttering the sound (i.e., chanting a mantra).

    Again in the lines below, the first example is the conventional translation while the second is interpreted from Ancient Tamil.

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    Traditional translation: [tu-tu-ba-lu] su-ti-a ( Who catches [a man in his net]

    SumeroTamil translation: Ta. tuuttuba uLu -sootiya ( Illuminates those people who utter it *tuuttu-bi-a)

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    Traditional translation: [kala-ga gu-ab-ba] su-ti-a (ย  [The strong one] who snatches [the bull]

    SumeroTamil translation: Ta. kalai-kaย  kuuvappa sootiya ( The art of utteringย  that gains inner light)

    If Dr. Loganathanโ€™s research is correct, there are many profound implications for those interested in ancient Sumeria, ancient India, and spirituality in general.

    The earliest Hindu reference to the mantra OM is in the Rigveda, c. 1500-1200 BCE. The Sumerian text containing the lines above (Temple Hymn 31) date from 2300 BCE, meaning this reference to OM could predate the Hindu reference by almost 1,000 years! If true, this mantra has much older roots and origins than the Vedas and seems to have been recognized as spiritually significant in cultures beyond the Hindu and Buddhist (as is commonly perceived today).
    OM reference in the Rig Veda.When reading through the translated Sumerian cuneiform tablets, other similarities between the Hindu and Sumerian cultures are at times quite evident, such as for instance a description of the goddess Inana that sounds remarkably similar to the Hindu Kali, a divine female goddess representing the sacred role of the Destroyer.

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    The Gayatri mantra from the Rig Veda, for example, begins with Om. The mantra is extracted from the 10th verse of Hymn 62 in Book III of the Rig Veda.These recitations continue to be in use, and major incantations and ceremonial functions begin and end with Om.

    Source and citations.

    http://www.thespiritualsun.com/practices/texts/sumerian/the-mantra-om-in-ancient-sumeria

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Om#Vedas

    เฅ เคญเฅ‚เคฐเฅเคญเฅเคตเคธเฅเคต: |
    เคคเคคเฅเคธเคตเคฟเคคเฅเคฐเฅเคตเคฐเฅ‡เคฃเฅเคฏเคฎเฅ |
    เคญเคฐเฅเค—เฅ‹ เคฆเฅ‡เคตเคธเฅเคฏ เคงเฅ€เคฎเคนเคฟ |
    เคงเคฟเคฏเฅ‹ เคฏเฅ‹ เคจ: เคชเฅเคฐเคšเฅ‹เคฆเคฏเคพเคคเฅ ||

    Om. Earth, atmosphere, heaven.
    Let us think on that desirable splendour
    of Savitr, the Inspirer. May he stimulate
    us to insightful thoughts.

    โ€”โ€‰Rig Veda III.62.10, Translated by Julius Lipner

  • World’s Oldest Temple Gobekli Turkey Built By Brahmins

    I have posted articles on the connection between Sanatana Dharma, called as Hinduism, and Sumeria and Mesopotamia.

    Shiva connection in Haran in Turkey, Murugan was worshiped in Iraq,Narasimha and Tamil connection in Syria, Lord Rama’s name in Sumeria’s King List.

    Now on Gobekli Tepe, the remains in Turkey has a Temple, Burial /worship Ground.

     

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    “Six miles from Urfa, an ancient city in southeastern Turkey, Klaus Schmidt has made one of the most startling archaeological discoveries of our time: massive carved stones about 11,000 years old, crafted and arranged by prehistoric people who had not yet developed metal tools or even pottery. The megaliths predate Stonehenge by some 6,000 years. The place is called Gobekli Tepe, and Schmidt, a German archaeologist who has been working here more than a decade, is convinced it’s the site of the world’s oldest temple’

    And

    Nevalฤฑ ร‡ori was an early Neolithic settlement on the middle Euphrates, in ลžanlฤฑurfa Province, Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey. The site is famous for having some of the world’s oldest known temples and monumental sculpture. Together with the earlier site of Gรถbekli Tepe, it has revolutionised scientific understanding of the Eurasian Neolithic.

    The settlement was located about 490 m above sea level, in the foothills of the Taurus Mountains, on both banks of the Kantara stream, a tributary of the Euphrates.

    Note the name Kantara, name of Kandhari, wife of Dhritarashtra,Mahabharata.

    Nevali Cori may be a distortion of ‘Na-Valay-Akriti’ or “Na-Valay-Akrit’.

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    Nevali Cori ruins, Brahmin with tuft.

    ‘Na’ (เคจ) as in ‘Not’. ‘Valay’ (เคตเคฒเคฏ) is Sanskrit for ‘Bracelet-like or Circular’. ‘Akriti’ (เค†เค•เฅƒเคคเคฟ) is ‘shape’ or ‘design’. Nevali-Cori may be ‘Na-Valayakrit’ (เคจ-เคตเคฒเคฏเฅ€เค•เฅƒเคค) which means ‘Not shaped like a bracelet or not-circular ‘.Nevali Cori is said to be closest in design to Kalasasaya Temple [Sanskrit: Kala (Time) + Sasaya (Good Wish or to be desired)]. Kalasasaya Temple is also rectangular in shape.

    Nevali Cori may also be a distortion of the Sanskrit ‘naval’ (เคจเคตเคฒ) meaning ‘new’ and ‘akriti’ (เค†เค•เฅƒเคคเคฟ) meaning ‘shape’ or ‘design’ and could be a reference to an architectural design which was new and different from what was prevalent at the time.

    The Yazdis.

    The Yazidis perform a form of Sandhyavandana.

    Yazidis have five daily prayers:[63]

    Nivรชja berรฎspรชdรช (the Dawn Prayer), Nivรชja rojhilatinรช (the Sunrise Prayer), Nivรชja nรฎvro (the Noon Prayer), Nivรชja รชvarรฎ (the Afternoon Prayer), Nivรชja rojavabรปnรช (the Sunset Prayer). However, most Yezidis observe only two of these, the sunrise and sunset prayers.

    Worshipers should turn their face toward the sun, and for the noon prayer, they should face toward LaliลŸ. Such prayer should be accompanied by certain gestures, including kissing the rounded neck (gerรฎvan) of the sacred shirt (kiras). The daily prayer services must not be performed in the presence of outsiders, and are always performed in the direction of the sun. Wednesday is the holy day, but Saturday is the day of rest.[63][64] There is also a three-day fast in December.โ€™

    The Yazidis worship Malak แนฌฤสพลซs , Peacock and Peacock is the vehicle of Lord Subrahmanya.

    For details on this, read my post on this.

    Sapta Rishis in Yazidis.

    Hinduism has seven ย Rishis and they are entrusted with the task of laying down rules for each Aeon, Yuga.

    Yazidis believe in ,

    โ€œTwo key and interrelated features of Yazidism are: a) a preoccupation with religious purity and b) a belief in metempsychosis. The first of these is expressed in the system ofcaste, the food laws, the traditional preferences for living in Yazidi communities, and the variety of taboos governing many aspects of life. The second is crucial; Yazidis traditionally believe that the Seven Holy Beings are periodically reincarnated in human form, called a koasasa.โ€

    Citation.

    https://ramanisblog.in/2015/01/27/sandhyavandan-sapta-rishis-in-islamic-tribe-yazidis/

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gobekli-tepe-the-worlds-first-temple-83613665/?=&preview=&page=1&no-i=

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    Gobekli Tepe, located in southeastern Turkey, is an ancient archaeological site that has been described as the world’s oldest temple. It is a place of immense historical significance, predating Stonehenge by around 6,000 years. The site consists of massive carved stones arranged by prehistoric people who did not have metal tools or pottery.

    The discovery of Gobekli Tepe has revolutionized our understanding of the Neolithic period and has challenged traditional archaeological beliefs. The German archaeologist Klaus Schmidt, who has been working at the site for over a decade, believes that Gobekli Tepe was a place of worship and rituals.

    Nevali Cori is another important archaeological site in Turkey, known for its ancient temples and monumental sculptures. It is located in the ลžanlฤฑurfa Province and, like Gobekli Tepe, provides valuable insights into the Eurasian Neolithic period.

    The connection between Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism) and these ancient civilizations is an intriguing topic. Some theorists propose connections between Hindu deities and the worship of certain ancient gods in Sumeria, Mesopotamia, and other regions. For example, references to Shiva, Murugan, Narasimha, and Lord Rama have been found in ancient texts and inscriptions in these areas.

    While it is fascinating to explore these connections, it’s important to approach such claims with caution. Archaeological and historical research is ongoing, and definitive conclusions can only be drawn with solid evidence and scholarly consensus.

    If you are interested in further reading on this topic, you can refer to the blog post on Ramanisblog that provides additional insights into the connections between the Yazidis, Sapta Rishis, and Sandhyavandana rituals in Hinduism.

    Sources:

    Above summary is by Jetpack AI

  • Krishna In Iraq Iran Israel Kishon River

    The Yadava Clan, ย twenty-two in number,after the Mahabharata War, migrated towards Iran and spread to Iraq and move on to Israel before proceeding further.

    In the Iranian city of Susa of Parthian period(247 BC -224 AD) was found a statue of Lord Krishna.

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    Krishna Bust excavated from the ancient city of Susa, Iran Hair style with Feathers and Angavstra s seen.

    As to the word Parthian, one of the name of Arjuna is Partha and Krishna is also known as Parthasarathy.

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    Krishna as Balakrishna.

     

    The above one is from Iraq, where a stamp was issued to celebrate the Mosul spring Festival.

     

    In Israel there is a River Kishon.

    ‘The Kishon River (Hebrew: ื ื—ืœ ื”ืงื™ืฉื•ืŸโ€Ž, Nachal HaKishon; Arabic: ู†ู‡ุฑ ุงู„ู…ู‚ุทุนโ€Ž, Nahr el-Mokatta,[1][2] or Mukutta’,[3] – the river of slaughteror dismemberment; Alternative Arabic, ุงู„ูƒูŠุดูˆู† al-Qisun) is a river in Israel that flows into the Mediterranean Sea near the city of Haifa.-wiki

    And there is a Town called as Bal Gad.

    A place in ancient Israel, Baal-Gad was a Canaanite town in the valley of Lebanon at the foot of Hermon, near the source of Jordan River. (Josh. 13:5; 11:17; 12:7) It was the most northern point to which Joshua’s conquests extended. It probably derived its name from the worship of Baal. Its exact location is uncertain, but it is generally considered to be Hasbaya in Wadi et-Teim or a site nearby.-wiki

    Easton’s suggests that its modern representative is Banias. Some have supposed it to be the same as Baalbek. Others have suggested that it is the same location as Baal-hamon

    The Canaanite God Thunder is Baal.

    Krishna as a Child is worshiped as Balakrishna.

    See the Image.

    Is this Krishna with calf?

    And Krishna is called fondly as Kanhaiya in the North.

    Is this Canaan”

    Prof. P. N. Oak has argued that Baal is none other than Baleshwara or Sri Krishna and that the Canans were the people of Kanha or Sri Krishna.

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    Krishna with Calf.

     

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    The Canan-ite God Baal with his Calf.

     

  • Sandhyavandan Sapta Rishis In Islamic Tribe Yazidis

    The Yazidis in Kurdistan have their roots in Sanatana Dharma, Hinduism.

    The earliest reference to them is aroundย  4 Century BC.

    Among the roots of their Religion and Culture lies the Vedic Deity Mitra.

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    Tawsi Melek God of the Yezdi people Iraq.

    Sanskrit Mitra (เคฎเคฟเคคเฅเคฐเคƒ), the name of a god praised in the Rig Veda.[19][20][21] In Sanskrit, “mitra” means “friend” or “friendship”.[22]
    the form mi-it-ra-, found in an inscribed peace treaty between the Hittites and the kingdom of Mitanni, from about 1400 BC.

    Iranian “Mithra” and Sanskrit “Mitra” are believed to come from an Indo-Iranian word mitra meaning “contract, agreement, covenant

    Mitra was adopted by Persia and was later assimilated by the Yazidis.

     

    By practice the Yazdis are Non Dualists, Advaitins( Advaita was developed by Shankaracharya).

    The Yazidis do notย  believe as the Higher Philosophy of Hinduism, in Good or Evil, Devil.

    Shankaracharya says the same while speaking about it in Nirvana Shatgam.

    Please read my post on this.

    The Supreme Reality Brahman does not have attributed, Nirguna.

    The Yazidis perform a form of Sandhyavandana.

     

    Yazidis have five daily prayers:[63]

    Nivรชja berรฎspรชdรช (the Dawn Prayer), Nivรชja rojhilatinรช (the Sunrise Prayer), Nivรชja nรฎvro (the Noon Prayer), Nivรชja รชvarรฎ (the Afternoon Prayer), Nivรชja rojavabรปnรช (the Sunset Prayer). However, most Yezidis observe only two of these, the sunrise and sunset prayers.

    Worshipers should turn their face toward the sun, and for the noon prayer, they should face toward LaliลŸ. Such prayer should be accompanied by certain gestures, including kissing the rounded neck (gerรฎvan) of the sacred shirt (kiras). The daily prayer services must not be performed in the presence of outsiders, and are always performed in the direction of the sun. Wednesday is the holy day, but Saturday is the day of rest.[63][64] There is also a three-day fast in December.’

    The Yazidis worship Malak แนฌฤสพลซs , Peacock and Peacock is the vehicle of Lord Subrahmanya.

    For details on this, read my post on this.

    Sapta Rishis in Yazidis.

    Hinduism has seven ย Rishis and they are entrusted with the task of laying down rules for each Aeon, Yuga.

    Yazidis believe in ,

    “Two key and interrelated features of Yazidism are: a) a preoccupation with religious purity and b) a belief in metempsychosis. The first of these is expressed in the system ofcaste, the food laws, the traditional preferences for living in Yazidi communities, and the variety of taboos governing many aspects of life. The second is crucial; Yazidis traditionally believe that the Seven Holy Beings are periodically reincarnated in human form, called a koasasa.”

    The migration of the group led by Shiva and Ganesha from the South of India because of a Tsunami might have had a hand in these practices.

     

    ‘The Mithraic Mysteries were a mystery religion practiced in the Roman Empire from about the 1st to 4th centuries AD. The name of the Persian god Mithra (proto-Indo-Iranian Mitra), adapted into Greek as Mithras, was linked to a new and distinctive imagery. Writers of the Roman Empire period referred to this mystery religion by phrases which can be anglicized as Mysteries of Mithras or Mysteries of the Persians;[1][2] modern historians refer to it as Mithraism,[1] or sometimes Roman Mithraism.[3][4] The mysteries were popular in the Roman military

    Yazฤซdฤซ are antidualists; they deny the existence of evil and therefore also reject sin, the Devil, and hell. The breaking of divine laws is expiated by way of metempsychosis, or transmigration of souls, which allows for the progressive purification of the spirit. Shaykh สฟAdฤซ, the chief Yazฤซdฤซ saint, was a 12th-century Muslim mystic who, the Yazฤซdฤซ believe, achieved divinity through metempsychosis….

     

    The chief divine figure of the Yazฤซdฤซ is Malak แนฌฤสพลซs (โ€œPeacock Angelโ€), who is worshipped in the form of a peacock. He rules the universe with six other angels, but all seven are subordinate to the supreme God, who has had no direct interest in the universe since he created it. Malak แนฌฤสพลซs has often been identified by outsiders with the Judeo-Christian figure of Satan, causing the Yazฤซdฤซs to be inaccurately described as Devil worshippers. The seven angels are worshipped by the Yazฤซdฤซ in the form of seven bronze or iron peacock figures called sanjaq, the largest of which weighs nearly 700 pounds (320 kg).

     

     

    Citation.

    http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/652325/Yazidi

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraic_mysteries

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazidis#Customs

    Related articles

    https://ramanisblog.in/2015/01/26/murugan-peacock-murugan-tribe-in-iraq/

  • Lord Rama’s Chapel In UR Iraq

    Lord Rama seems to have been popular in Mesopotamia anda Chapel of Lord Rama was found by archeologists.

    ‘Ur (Sumerian: Urim;[1] Sumerian Cuneiform: ๐’‹€๐’€•๐’†  URIM2KI or ๐’‹€๐’€Š๐’†  URIM5KI;[2] Akkadian: Uru;[3] Arabic: ุฃูˆุฑโ€Ž) was an importantSumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar (Arabic: ุชู„ ุงู„ู…ู‚ูŠุฑโ€Ž) in south Iraq’s Dhi Qar Governorate.[4] Although Ur was once a coastal city near the mouth of the Euphrates on the Persian Gulf, the coastline has shifted and the city is now well inland, south of the Euphrates on its right bank, 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from Nasiriyah.[5]

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    Map showing Ur in Mesopotamia.Image credit odysseyadventures

    The city dates from the Ubaid period circa 3800 BC, and is recorded in written history as a City State from the 26th century BC, its first recorded king being Mesh-Ane-pada. The city’s patron deity was Nanna (in Akkadian, Sin), the Sumerian and Akkadian (Assyrian-Babylonian) moon god, and the name of the city is in origin derived from the god’s name, URIM2KI being the classical Sumerian spelling of LAK-32.UNUGKI, literally “the abode (UNUG) of Nanna (LAK-32)”

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    Ruins of UR. Credit.”Ur-Nassiriyah” by M.Lubinski from Iraq,USA. – Flickr. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons – http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ur-Nassiriyah.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Ur-Nassiriyah.jpg

     

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    Lord Rama’s Chapel in UR.

    ‘One of the major triumphs of modern archaeology was the hair-raising discoveries of Sir Leonard Woolley at Ur. Amidst the ruins of Ur, he unearthed a Ram-chapel but totally missed its relevance in world history. This crucial finding not only bridges the wide gaps between Indian tradition and archaeology but also unfolds the historic bonds that once united ancient India, Iran and Sumer. Ram-Sin of (Larsa) to whose memory this chapel was dedicated must have been Rama of Valmiki. The name Ararama of Larsa may be an echo of Rama. This Ram-Chapel of Ur is the earliest known memorial to the great Rama and may have been erected by Dilmun merchants who resided nearby. Dilmun was always mentioned in the Sumerian texts together with Magan and Melukkha and it is possible that these three states were somehow allied to each other.’

     

    ‘ In the highly authentic Sumerian king list appears such hallowed names as Bharat (Warad) Sin and Ram Sin. As Sin was the Moon god Chandra Ram Sin can be seen to be same as Rama Chandra. Bharat Sin ruled for 12 years (1834-1822 BC), exactly as stated in the Dasaratha Jataka. The Jataka statement, โ€œYears sixty times hundred, and ten thousand more, all told, / Reigned strong-armed Ramaโ€, only means that Rama reigned for sixty years which agrees exactly with the data of Assyriologists. Ram Sin was the longest reigning monarch of Mesopotamia who ruled for 60 years. The mention of the father in the inscriptions of both Warad Sin and Ram Sin is noteworthy and may point to a palace intrigue. Joan Oates is not aware of the Ramayana but writes with great insight (p. 61) that Warad sin was manoeuvred to the throne by his father. In Mesopotamia, a prince normally became king only after the death of his father. Lakshmana, mentioned the Bible as Lakhamar, ruled as a great king.

    “Ur was a city in the region of Sumer, southern Mesopotamia, in what is modern-day Iraq. According to biblical tradition, the city is named after the man who founded the first settlement there, Ur, though this has been disputed. The cityโ€™s other biblical link is to the patriarch Abraham who left Ur to settle in the land of Canaan. This claim has also been contested by scholars who believe that Abrahamโ€™s home was further north in Mesopotamia in a place called Ura, near the city of Harran, and that the writers of the biblical narrative in the Book of Genesis confused the two. Whatever its biblical connections may have been, Ur was a significant port city on the Persian Gulf which began, most likely, as a small village in the Ubaid Period of Mesopotamian history (5000-4100 BCE) and was an established city by 3800 BCE continually inhabited until 450 BCE.”

    Citation,

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur

    https://kalyan97.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/988/

    http://www.ancient.eu/ur/

     

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